Reader Update always says it fails, suggests update already done from some other source.
Reader Update always says it fails, suggests update already done from some other source.
Following the guidance from somewhere to just uninstall Reader I did so.
Reinstalling from the Adobe website (downloading installer and executing it) always results in an "Installation Complete" message.
Reader is never installed. 

This issue is found in several places in community.adobe.com
I have found no useful answer.
There is advice to use an Adobe cleaner but the only link (2022) I see is to a 2015 program that also deletes all preferences and settings.
It is staggering to realize this problem has not been definitively solved by Adobe.
I now have no Reader.
There are third-party programs that seem more reliable than Adobe. E.g. some browsers read bigger files when Adobe cannot, etc.
Solution for inability to install new Reader?
